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Hewitt National Cross-Country
Championship (Round 3)
Held At Chavenage
(Sunday May 11th)
Promoted By The Midwest MCC
Dane Palmer 199 leading an early Clubman 2T battle
Report and Pics by Mike Wood.
Regardless of the terrain,three hours of non-stop cross-country racing is a severe test of endurance for any competitor and
machine.So, throw in a challenging seven mile lap and scorching temperatures and that battle to reach the finish line also becomes a stern examination of a riders physical and mental
strength. At Chavenage on Sunday during round three of the Hewitt National cross-country championship,an event again superbly promoted by the Midwest
MCC, the heat was to be further increased by the appearance of top enduro rider Daryl Bolter and Chris Tett.
Chris Tett coming into land at Chavenage
Despite the welcome inclusion of Bolter and
Tett, Midwest Racing supported rider Darren Wheeler was looking for an hat-trick of Expert class wins and he made a fantastic start to Sunday's event,and by the completion of the first seven mile blast had already forged a big early advantage with Bolter in
tow. From here onwards a superb contest developed as the lead changed hands following required fuel
stops. With just two laps remaining, the gallant Wheeler's challenge was then effectively destroyed by a
fall. Remounting and quickly firing his Husaberg back to life, he still managed to take 2nd spot a clear eight minutes ahead of Chris Tett with Rich Warner
4th, Gary Baker 5th and Derek Bawn 6th.
Darren Wheeler in Chavenage Expert action
In the Experts class for Veteran riders,the first ten riders home at Chavenage all completed a total of nine laps.So,the verdict was decided by who was the quickest to the chequered flag.First man home was Marcus Barnes who after a full three hours of competition held a remarkably slender advantage of just 11 seconds ahead of runner-up Alastair Bramwell.Winner of round two of the Hewitt series,Jerry Adams,finished a further 2 minutes 25 seconds down on Bramwell and thus earn a very determined 3rd place finish.
Rydian Evans in Clubman 4T action
Clubman two-stroke racing saw victory go to Seb Dexter.Like the Veteran Experts,speed was to be the deciding factor as the first eight riders home all completed nine
laps. Dexter finished Sunday's event 2 minutes 34 seconds clear.In a couple of very tight scraps to the finish
line, Ben Roberts beat Matthew Woodham, the winner at Chavenage during round one back in February, by just 8 seconds for the runners-up slot whilst a narrow 6 seconds separated Dane Palmer and Nerys Williams in 4th and 5th positions.
Shaun Street 448 leading Daniel Hosznyak in Sportsman 2T action
Sunday's event saw Midwest Racing supported Tyson Maytom-Jones record his third victory of the series in the Clubman four-stroke
class. However his march to victory was far from comfortable after he suffered an early scare on lap one,bending his gear
lever. Undeterred, Maytom-Jones along with Gary Sims,Wayne Partington and David Fowler all completed nine
laps. At the finish, Tyson eventual winning margin was to be just over three minutes.
Daryl Bolter in flying Expert action at
Chavenage
All of the leading riders in the Veteran class at Chavenage managed a total of 8 laps.Taking victory in another extremely tight contest was Husaberg mounted Robert Shore,just 16 seconds infront of James
Browning. Completing the top five in this class was Guy Mansfield-Smith, David Johnson and Pat Poole.
Spectacular Expert action from Freddie Broadway
Over in the always well supported Sportsman
classes, victory went to Jeff Cripps and John Bradley respectively. Sportsman two-stroke winner Cripps held a 3 minute 19 seconds advantage over Paul
Jones. In the Sportsman four-stroke competition, whilst Bradley took the win,
his closest challengers also completing eight hot Chavenage laps proved to be Stephen
Walker, Garry Price, Nathan Kennedy and Andy Chubb.
Tyson Maytom-Jones in Clubman 4T action at Chavenage
RESULTS - Hewitt National Cross-Country
Championship (Round 3)
EXPERTS 1 Daryl Bolter 2 Darren Wheeler 3 Chris Tett 4 Rich Warner 5 Gary Baker 6 Derek Bawn.
VETERAN EXPERTS 1 Marcus Barnes 2 Alastair Bramwell 3 Jerry Adams 4 David Lote 5 Stuart Keedwell 6 Hans Kaashoek.
CLUBMAN TWO-STROKE 1 Seb Dexter 2 Ben Roberts 3 Matthew Woodham 4 Dane Palmer 5 Nerys Williams 6 Christian Seldon.
CLUBMAN FOUR-STROKE 1 Tyson Maytom-Jones 2 Gary Sims 3 Wayne Partington 4 David Fowler 5 Mark Taylor 6 Adrian Francis.
VETERAN 1 Robert Shore 2 James Browning 3 Guy Mansfield-Smith 4 David Johnson 5 Pat Poole 6 Andrew Taylor.
SPORTSMAN TWO-STROKE 1 Jeff Cripps 2 Paul Jones 3 Benjamin Wyles 4 Daniel Hosznyak 5 Robert Macfarlane 6 Wayne Tibbles.
SPORTSMAN FOUR-STROKE 1 John Bradley 2 Stephen Walker 3 Garry Price 4 Nathan Kennedy 5 Andy Chubb 6 Stephen Chesterton.
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